The 2012 F1 game, which came out two weeks before the 2013 FIFA soccer game. The FIA hasn't quite figured out the whole release date thing with games yet. Yeah let's release the game near the end of the season with the current year.

The 2012 F1 game, which came out two weeks before the 2013 FIFA soccer game. The FIA hasn't quite figured out the whole release date thing with games yet. Yeah let's release the game near the end of the season with the current year.

They can't release their title until late in the season because they don't get to see the cars before the season starts. The dev team gets no help in figuring out how to model the cars.

Speaking of the F1 game, I'd love it if they came out with a game where you could pick cars from any era and race, and in the case of cars from the last 30 or so years, race head to head, so race an 86 Williams against a 98 McLaren. Hell create a feature to let people assemble their own car.

WhyteRaven74:Speaking of the F1 game, I'd love it if they came out with a game where you could pick cars from any era and race, and in the case of cars from the last 30 or so years, race head to head, so race an 86 Williams against a 98 McLaren. Hell create a feature to let people assemble their own car.

Bernie won't allow it.

They could do a lot before seeing the cars, and given they see the cars by the end of February, shouldn't be long to do what amounts to putting new skins on the existing models.

If it was that easy, they'd be able to release the game in late March or early April.

Jensaarai:The SPEED crew were just speculating he had re-signed in the wake of Lewis to Mercedes and his performance last weekend.

I heard that, but I can't imagine him resigning without it being announced. It's not like there's any reason to keep it under wraps.

they don't care if their shenanigans ruin the sport so long as they can put another trophy on the shelf.

I remember when a few teams, notably Williams, were handing Ferrari their ass in the early 90s when things like traction control and other things were legal and Ferrari apparently couldn't figure out the new tech or find its ass with both hands. After a couple seasons of looking bad, all that tech gear was banned. Not only was stuff that was being used banned, stuff no one had even raced, like the CVT Williams was working on was banned. So Williams had years of R&D thrown out the window on something they never even used. And by all appearances, all this just to help Ferrari.

WhyteRaven74:Jensaarai: The SPEED crew were just speculating he had re-signed in the wake of Lewis to Mercedes and his performance last weekend.

I heard that, but I can't imagine him resigning without it being announced. It's not like there's any reason to keep it under wraps.

they don't care if their shenanigans ruin the sport so long as they can put another trophy on the shelf.

I remember when a few teams, notably Williams, were handing Ferrari their ass in the early 90s when things like traction control and other things were legal and Ferrari apparently couldn't figure out the new tech or find its ass with both hands. After a couple seasons of looking bad, all that tech gear was banned. Not only was stuff that was being used banned, stuff no one had even raced, like the CVT Williams was working on was banned. So Williams had years of R&D thrown out the window on something they never even used. And by all appearances, all this just to help Ferrari.

And let's not forget how they ruined the U.S. Grand Prix - and killed F1 in the U.S. for the better part of a decade - by refusing to compromise when only three teams had workable tires.

UNC_Samurai:WhyteRaven74: Jensaarai: The SPEED crew were just speculating he had re-signed in the wake of Lewis to Mercedes and his performance last weekend.

I heard that, but I can't imagine him resigning without it being announced. It's not like there's any reason to keep it under wraps.

they don't care if their shenanigans ruin the sport so long as they can put another trophy on the shelf.

I remember when a few teams, notably Williams, were handing Ferrari their ass in the early 90s when things like traction control and other things were legal and Ferrari apparently couldn't figure out the new tech or find its ass with both hands. After a couple seasons of looking bad, all that tech gear was banned. Not only was stuff that was being used banned, stuff no one had even raced, like the CVT Williams was working on was banned. So Williams had years of R&D thrown out the window on something they never even used. And by all appearances, all this just to help Ferrari.

And let's not forget how they ruined the U.S. Grand Prix - and killed F1 in the U.S. for the better part of a decade - by refusing to compromise when only three teams had workable tires.

Ferrari was one of the three teams with workable tyres. That's why the FIA didn't compromise.

And because the head of the FIA is a former Ferrari guy, even that flagrant violation of the sporting regulations won't be punished.

What fragrant violation of the regs? Team orders are allowed, it's a team sport, the team are entitled to do what they want with their cars.

Besides how stupid would Ferrari look if Massa beats Alonso here and Fernando goes on to lose the championship by 1 or 2 points. Massa is out of the title hunt so he has to play second fiddle, he'll get another chance next year.

And lets not pretend that Red Bull and McLaren don't tell drivers to hold station when it suits them.

Adman1138:What fragrant violation of the regs? Team orders are allowed, it's a team sport, the team are entitled to do what they want with their cars.

Team orders were banned outright in 02, and while the ban was nominally lifted, the FIA can still smack a team for team orders that are seen as being anti-competitive, like telling a driver he can't race his own teammate.

Besides how stupid would Ferrari look if Massa beats Alonso here and Fernando goes on to lose the championship by 1 or 2 points

Welcome to racing, perhaps they should've given Alsono a better car in the early part of the season so he could snag a few more podiums.

Yep. And as for safety and refueling, given other forms of racing and refueling, that doesn't work. Are we supposed to believe that the cars called the ultimate race cars can't manage to safely refuel? Then again we're supposed to accept they're too fragile and sensitive to run more than what 170 miles in a race? But don't dare question they are the ultimate race cars.